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Australian Open Draws Are Out! Women's Draw

Odds are Dinara Safina won't have the chance to hold that plate upside down again in 2010.  Photo via img.skysports.com

I'll have a big, in-depth breakdown of each sixteenth of the draw once the qualifiers are placed, but for now here's an overview of the draw on a bigger scale:

Women's Draw

Potential Quarterfinal Match-ups (if seeds hold):

#1 Serena Williams vs. #7 Victoria Azarenka

#4 Caroline Wozniacki vs. #6 Venus Williams

#5 Elena Dementieva vs. #3 Svetlana Kuznetsova

#8 Jelena Jankovic vs. #2 Dinara Safina

Toughest Potential Roadblock Before the Quarterfinals:

#1 Serena Williams -- #23 Carla Suarez Navarro (Third Round) (I would've said Stosur, but she's been buckling under the pressure of expectations lately)

#7 Victoria Azarenka -- Kimiko Date Krumm (Third Round ) (Based on their tight, 7-5 in the third match in Sydney this week)

#4 Caroline Wozniacki -- #16 Na Li (Fourth Round) (I would be pretty surprised to see Wozniacki make the quarterfinals).

#6 Venus Williams -- Melanie Oudin (Fourth Round) (Since Venus has never had much trouble with A. Radwanska)

#5 Elena Dementieva -- Justine Henin (Second Round)

#3 Svetlana Kuznetsova -- #15 Kim Clijsters (Fourth Round)

#8 Jelena Jankovic -- #11 Marion Bartoli / #21 Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez (Fourth Round)

#2 Dinara Safina -- #14 Maria Sharapova (Fourth Round) (I'd be surprised if Safina makes it this far)

An Unseeded Darkhorse in Each Quarter:

Serena/Azarenka: The aforementioned Kimiko Date Krumm.

Wozniacki/Venus: Melanie Oudin, with a nod as well to Alize Cornet, who is defending quarterfinal points here.

Dementieva/Kuznetsova: Clearly Justine Henin, but Jelena Dokic  would be the darkhorse if she were anywhere else.

Jankovic/Safina: Timea Bacsinszky, even though she faces Sharapova in the second round.


Early Final Prediction:

Serena over Sharapova

Still to Come:

Where will Wickmayer land?


Poll
Which Quarter is the Toughest?
Serena/Azarenka
1 votes
Wozniacki/Venus
0 votes
Dementieva/Kuznetsova (a.k.a. Henin/Clijsters)
16 votes
Jankovic/Safina
1 votes

18 votes | Poll has closed

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I think you’re giving Oudin a bit too much credit. I’d love to see her do well here, but I just don’t see it. She hasn’t played well at all since the USO.

by Togtdyalttai on Jan 15, 2010 3:23 AM EST reply actions  

You’re probably right. But she has made the second week of the last two slams, so I think she’s a different player at the big events.

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